[OFFICIAL] Manual v. Automatic Thread

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Originally Posted by radix023

With a manual, you can anticipate a corner and select the gear to use, rev the engine and engage at perfect point to get maximum acceleration out of the corner. With an automatic you have to press down the gas and wait for the computer to figure out what you want from it. That loses you seconds.

Actually, the best autos (PDK) are better at this even. Take Randy Pobst who puts PDKs in sport plus and let’s them do the shifting. He’s described them as telepathic and it frees him up to focus that much more on all the other intangibles.

I’ve got a DCT GTI currently and I keep going back and forth on manual vs auto/DCT on my next sports car.